May 9, 2008

NIH Mulls Ways to Lure Back Veteran Peer Reviewers

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Many scientists now decline what they say has become a dreary job, putting the quality of U.S.-backed research at risk

Not long ago, academic scientists welcomed calls from the National Institutes of Health asking them to volunteer as peer reviewers.

Many were glad for the opportunity to help distribute billions of dollars in federal biomedical-research grants even though the service required a big time commitment — the equivalent of one month a year to evaluate grant

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